Communicating from the browser to the operating system using URLs and their hash properties.

"club mindset is the product. It’s not technical, it’s not about the model." Davi Ottenheimer www.flyingpenguin.com/the-boy-that... Or how scaremongering from snake oil salesmen has been AI bread and butter for nearly a decade now. Former OpenAI staff rinse & repeat, how unoriginal for masterminds.

Yeay, we march forward regardless! Global growth in solar “the largest ever observed for any source” arstechnica.com/science/2026... #solarpunk today!🌞

Interesting, I wasn't aware of NVIDIA CloudXR.js I don't need it and I think remote rendering isn't great for sovereignty or openness but it's good to know it's possible for some specific use case. Also +$100 isn't a "small" increase IMHO on a $600 HMD, it's a huge %.

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I'm confused, is HB 249 for Iran? What bizarre timeline is this?! I thought suffragette and Pankhurst's emancipation work was something from the early XXth century but it's very much current. Indecent exposure to backward minds at work.🤬

There’s a Class 100 semiconductor cleanroom inside this backyard shed. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfSO... by Dr.Semiconductor

"Big Tech says AI is an important tool to fight climate change, while virtually none of the generative AI driving the boom is actually being used to fight climate change." www.foodandwaterwatch.org/2026/04/10/d...

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Another "boring" tech that is so hidden, eHealth for socialized medicine : went to the dermatologist, paid, received an email from my healthcare insurance that most was paid back, went to the pharmacist next door who already had my prescription pre-reimbursed, had to pay 5€, didn't even show an ID.👌

🎧 Snowing Throw - Lose Again [Houndstooth] www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASuZ... via www.worldwidefm.net/episode/conn...

Geopolitically we're in a bad place. Economically with the AI bubble few people are milking us all with BS. ... and yet, boring technology like electric cars, electric cargo bikes, solar panels on roof are still reshaping our lives. It's slow but it is becoming pervasive. Solar-punk, here we come.

"The act of writing it is itself a cognitive process: it forces synthesis, prioritisation, and reflection. It is, in a real sense, how we think." substack.com/inbox/post/1...

Because of Goodhart's law capitalism ate itself. Money can't be a measure of intelligence, wisdom, success or truly anything since people started to think of it as a proxy ... for anything. That's fine for most... but even for the most devout, efficiency itself can't be proxied by more profit.

"We’re up against billionaires, world leaders, thought leaders, politicians, and one of the greatest film directors of all time, a tough set of opponents, but at least we have the benefit of being correct." 💪🧑‍🏫

Rare enough that I feel I have to highlight that : useful generate AI image IMHO. So in this article sschueller.github.io/posts/the-fr... Stefan Schüller discusses economical problems. They try to showcases irrational decisions. Those typically do NOT have photographs...

Damn... it's as if VC-funded companies like doublespeed.ai (with money from a16z) were actively using the dead Internet theory as a playbook while also actively putting a burden on genuine alternatives who aren't big with plenty of funding. Bad actors of the Internet and should treated as such.

To think is to do. "Contempler, c'est labourer ; penser, c'est agir. Les bras croisés travaillent, les mains jointes font." Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

I travelled 27 hrs, fought endless visa issues to give this talk for our award-winning paper at #CHI2026. Your turn to show up 📍 P1, Room 112, Apr 15 (Wed), 12 noon. But why? I wish the didn't impact every knowledge worker. Sadly, it does, and we need to talk about it. 1/n

Busted keycap (don't ask...) so replaced my ENTER key with <3 #kintsugi-ish

Crazy (in a good way) www.theguardian.com/environment/... but also IMHO shows precisely where the government could and should help coordinate. It's inconceivable to meet that there could be "too much" energy in a county that lack things. That mostly means there is a bottleneck somewhere else, no?☀️🔋

AI bubble or not it's interesting and even important to reflect (the kind of introspection top VC reject bsky.app/profile/bene... ) on the attempts done so far. It's especially crucial for use cases universally taunted as beneficial to most, driving the rest. 🧐🤖🧑‍🎓 www.chalkbeat.org/2026/04/09/s...

Damn... a friend is traveling soon and considering VR for his long-haul flight. I thought maybe "just" 3DoF, in fact no tracking at all, could make for cheaper and better form factor. Then I checked e.g. VisionHMD BIGEYES and GOOVIS... I don't get it. Why would anybody want this over e.g Quest1?🤷‍♂️

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“Agency and freedom of expression, I think, are the things that impact a person’s life the most.” spectrum.ieee.org/bci-user-exp... via @spectrum.ieee.org

These kind of people youtube.com/shorts/b6Zw5... are ruining democracy solely to enrich themselves. A mere side effect in their pursuits. They know. They do not believe it is worthwhile to care. Consequently if democracies want to protect themselves, they should prevent them from owning power.

So you want a fillet in your 3D CAD program? Sure! here is a video on how to do it. #AI

Interesting comparison. Also prompts me to look back at yet another of Musk's venture, Neuralink (yes, I bet you forgot that ever existed) and how it was going to "revolutionize" everything. It's fascinating how he & others, e.g. Altman, hype-raise. They make tremendous claims, get money, loop.📈🔄🤷‍♂️

Hope this becomes required material in media studies.

The very idea that a gigantic corporation recording mind-blowing profits (for its stock holders, not for the countless workers it exploits without even contracting them) can simultaneously stop updating (fair) while locking down hardware should simply be illegal. Stop support? Sure but unlock.

"It's just a tool." We regulate the hell out of tools. Have you ever tried to buy a circular saw without a guard?

So much hype about "agentic" this or that, meanwhile free software and open source already caught up on integration. There is no going back as all your hardware talks to all your software with NO intermediary, no server in between.

Quite funny that somehow the parents of the most deranged family became THE symbol of the most perfect couple. It's iconic how they are - passionate - care for each other - support their kids yet live for themselves - look so intensely into each others eyes as if the rest of the World didn't exist

'We're going to search your house. We don't have a warrant, but we paid your landlord $100 to give us a spare key. So now we're searching your house without a warrant,' Laperruque www.npr.org/2026/03/25/n... from @npr.org

As the US🇺🇸 is gradually loosing most of its goodwill on the international stage🗺️, I expect more and more studies showing the true cost of Pax Americana from pollution www.theguardian.com/environment/... to the military-industrial complex to privacy. Everything that was until now overlooked won't.🧐

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The Most Intricate Of Freeform Digital Clocks

Can't wait to see QR-code at the back of "romance novels" at the airport on how to make them "interactive".😳 Honestly though despite my profound dislike for for-profit commercial AI (still love public research in the domain) always look up at eager tinkerers to see how their present is our future.💪

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"So where are all the AI apps?" www.answer.ai/posts/2026-0... definitely echoes what I witnessed on HackerNews & more broadly. Yes there is a LOT more software *about* AI rather than novel software *thanks* to AI. There is some overlap but it mostly implies...that more resources means more "stuff".

"Considering How AI Destroys Democratic Institutions" www.techpolicy.press/considering-... by @justinhendrix.bsky.social with @jessicasilbey.bsky.social and @hartzog.bsky.social, both professors of Law at Boston University School of Law

@laidlaw.bsky.social you might like github.com/Crosstalk-So...

The fact that somehow selling AI for a living does not want AI contributions to their project should tell you all there is to know glama.ai/blog/2026-03... Fun trick, namely injecting prompt to bots claiming to contribute, but highlights a deeper problem : it's just not good enough.

Trapped outside, keys left on the only door. Well, not today, 0 lockpicking kit required, just shoelaces and a slip knot that you very gently lower on the slightly opened window, pull slowly to lock, pull around to turn the knob... and voila, you are in in barely minutes with 0 damage.

🚀 #Artemis II rocket back at the launch pad. Orion and @esa.int's European Service Module are ready to carry astronauts around the Moon and back for the first time since 1972 🌙👩‍🚀. We're getting closer… stay tuned 👀 🔗 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed... 📸: NASA

Hard to express the rush of power a single stroke ice skating gives. You go from being static to bomb FAST in a second with 0 support. Sure you have skates and are on the ice but no gasoline, no electricity, just your body + motion. I don't know anything like that.🤩 It's addictive. Empowering.

"Being able to run your own software, regardless of whether the source is considered "good" or "bad" in the eyes of our governments, makes platforms less brittle against geopolitical conflicts. The main loser of these types of locks is the average person." medhir.com/blog/right-t... by @medhir.com

Tōrīrī from Mārara by 15 15 15-15.bandcamp.com/track/t-r-r (via @fip.fr <3)

openhardware.directory damn ❤️‍🔥 #OSHW ~ish

When the metaverse company is loosing the plot. What do they expect to become, Fortnite? Bit late for that.